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New Rules Proposed For Farming In Greenbelt, Niagara Escarpment

The province is proposing allowing more flexibility for agricultural use in the Greenbelt.

That's one of a number of changes being proposed for the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, the Greenbelt Plan, the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan and the Niagara Escarpment plan.

The changes are in response to a report from the Co-ordinated Land Use Planning Review Advisory Panel chaired by former Toronto Mayor David Crombie.

Some of the other changes include adding the lands within 21 major urban river valleys to the Greenbelt and establishing Greenbelt-level protections for natural heritage systems beyond the Greenbelt.

Stakeholders and the public now have a chance to comment on those proposed changes.

Open houses will be held in May and June of 2016 to gather public feedback on the amendments.

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Youth volunteers practice coastal conservation

Nine young volunteers aged 11 to 17 spent three days exploring and protecting the Lake Huron coastline during the Coastal Conservation Youth Corps' inaugural program in Grand Bend from July 21 to 23.